Tt was here deemed advisable to Doneh the vessel in soft mud and, oan result of wireless communi tion, the tugs Saucy and. St. Samp-fon arrived with pumps. 'The steam-was at thia me making water the vite of 1 ft. per how, and divers from the International' Dock were sent down to ascertain the damage. They. were tnauesesaful arrtse snip a settee in the mud and It Was found necessary to Bie charge about "1,000 tons of cargo into lighters, Divers again went down and. were atfe to. ascertain fat @ nm, on Monday that several rivets had been sprung and that a hole of 1 ft, by'3 in. had been made. ANI bulkhead doors held and itis thought. that there will be. iti, if'any, damage t0 cargo Temporary repairs were effected foa with the ataletance of the tugs, the' vessel precended under. tow to the International Dock striving. at 4 pum. Tuesday. The six passengers and mai had een, however, a fu board' the St. Sampson on Sty night. There were no canal The ship in now discharging the balance of her outgo ud will then enter drydock, The repairs are datimnted to take about two weeks to effect Mirena. a Russian Ermolin, watchman, shot himself on Tuesday at 424 Chekiang Road with a police carbine. left a note saying that was ed of life THe Chinese papers say that. armed robbers visited the Huangta Railway Station for the second time in a fortnight and deprived the staff of their personal belongings well as the railway funds which were on the premises.
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